Controller for spring-motors.



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A. A. GAILLE.

CONTROLLER FOR SPRING MOTORS.-

APPLICATION FILED JUNB4,19 06.

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No. 845,517. PATENTE-D FEB. 26, 1907 A. A. OALLE.

CONTROLLER FOR SPRING MOTORS. APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 4,1906.

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l A. A. GAILLE. CONTROLLER EUR' SPRING MQTORS.

APPLIUATION TILED JUNE 4,1906.

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No. 845,517. PATENTED FEB. 26,1907.

A. A. OAILLB.

CONTROLLER FOR SPRING MOTORS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4., 1906.

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'ADoLPH A. CAILLE, `or DE'rRorT, MronreAn.

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'Specification of Letters ,Iatent.`

' Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

Application illed June 4,1906. Serial No. 320.077.

.To @l whom tim/ay concern.-

Be it known that I, ADOLPH A. CAILLE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Controller forvSp'ring-Motors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mechanism for phonographs 'and other sound-repror .other machines Where a certain predeterducing instruments, picture-exhibitors, and

mine`d amount4 of movementis required at uncertain intervals.

My invention consists of the combination of an electric motor of any well-known type, a

mstrumentor other machine to be driven,

land a controller whereby the operation of the spring-motor-, the operation of the' electric motor, the winding of the spring, and the connection between the motor and spring'are re lated. v

the accompanying draWngaFigui-e 1 is a side .view ofthe entirernechanism.- Fig. 2 is, aview of the same with a portion thereof broken away. Fig. 3 is a view of the opposite side. 1"ig. 4 is a plan.,l 5, 6, and 7 are details'.l

Similar reference 'characters V'refer to like parts throughout the several views.

.T n the drawings', Ais a pulley of a soundrre oduc' vilnstrllm'ent.

1 is an e ectrie-current source, an' M is a y 4' 'moton Belts() and -D connect th sound-p "135 4 spring1notor,"which forms .the embodiment reproducer and the motorA to the intermediate "of my ilwentlon. l' v A'I`l1ela1'ger portion of -the construction shown 1s merely a modification of a V common .4

lform of spring-driven actuat' mechanism used for various p oses, an three frames 1, 2, an 3, which are properly spaced apart by the fshort posts 4. The

carries'thevgear 7. The gear 7 meshes with ries a gear 10 whichis adapted to b e engaged Lby the rewin mechanism.- .A second 'ear 11 is'm'ount on this shaft sopas to turn .in but one direction with the shatand is and drive the same.; The.ends ofpart of the "teeth ofthis pinion arejndcatedin Fig.l 3.1

.The-shait 13 carries' a' ear'14,which :meshes 'ig-With apnion 15 on t e''governor-shaftl 16.

Michigan, have invented aJ new and useful.

consists of adaptedto engage a pinion 12 on tlie shaft 13 the free arm of the lever 19 Whenever the de-.

. sired speed is attained. The puliey'Z() on the- -shaft 13 carries the belt t) to the driven mechanism A. All the mechanism thus far described will be termed the springmotor, and any other A.type of spring-motor may be substituted for the same.`

The shaft 22 is mounted in the frames 1 and 3 and is. driven by the motor M and belt D, running on the pulley 23. On the shaft is also secured the pinion 25, and vloosely mounted on this shaft is the. sleeve 24. A

grear 26 is mounted on the pin 27, projecting om the frame 1, and this gear 26 meshes with the pinion 28 on the shaft 5. The

outwardly-projecting pin U30.' These parte are so proportioned that the pinion shall,

vby means lof intermediate mechanism to be The springmotor is stopped and vreleased by a bra e, which acts in connection with the aboveenamed` mechanism.

The sleeve 24 is loose on the shaft 22 and is provided with an arm 31, which carries the pin 32 en which is mounted the pinion 33. A, 34.connects the pin-32 tothe arm 35 of the lever 36, `m'lounte outside of thefifranie t will be seen that one end of this lever 3iif'1s in the'path ot' the pin .30, which will raise this lever, and with itthe' linkV 34y and -pinion 33, from .the position indicated by dotted lines to that indicated by solid lines in Fig. 2. The final position is alsoshowninBig.1. f 4' d...

-When the parte are inthe position shown in Figfl the springmotor is wound to the de-z sired amount, 'the' electric-motor circuitA is broken, and the. pinion 33 is out of engagehas a friction-disk'lS, whichcontacts with ear 126 hasan inwardly-projecting pin 29 an an ngthelpin 37 onthe- 38, piveted on the pin 39. Continued mve ment Vof the gear 2,6 and'lever gttoiitsfdot ted position). will ymove the shoulder 40`on this lever fromover the angst the arm' 42 shun derlflO lug?, 41 zare' .disengaged, the

' pinionv 33 into engageme t spring 43, connected to .the outer end of the lever 36, will pulldownvthelink 34-and the `th the gear and the pinion on the shaft 22, at the same time closing the circuit to the electric motor and stopping the spring-motor. will now. be driven to the left by the electric motor until the pinr contacts wi th the lever 36 and lifts the pinion- 33 out of engagement` with the pinion 25 'and gear 10, at the same time breaking the circuit to the electric motor. At the upper 'end ofthe lever 38 is an arm 44, to which the upper end of the spring 43 connects, and thus tends to hold the lower end of the lever 38 to the left, Figs. 1 and 2. Its movement toward the left is re' stricted by the lug 41, and whenever the arm 42 is brought down through the raising of the `lever 36 by the pin 30 the shoulder 40 will lock the parts in the 4position shown in Fig.- 1. The connection between the .arm and lever 36 is a spring and stop for the sake when the winding-gearing is in operative connection. In Figs. 6 and 7 the switch is shown on a larger scale, attention being called to .vFig. 3 also.

A porcelain block is`secured to the frame 2. The spring-brushes 51 and 52 are connected tothe screws 53 and .54 and to the Wires 55 and 56, leading to the current source B and motor M, respectively. The sleeve 24 carries adisk 59, and on this is secured a piece of insulating material 58. To

this insulating material is secured a metal connector which contacts with the brush 52, and when the pinion 25 is connected to the gear 10 through the pinion 33 by the Aturning of the sleeve 24 the connector 57 also engages the brush 51, and thus completes the circuit to the electric motor. l

Secured to the'frame 2 by means of. the lugs 61 and 62 is the coin-chute, which is formed of a main portion 63 and a portion 64 hinged thereto, the rod 65 assing through the hing -lugs 66. Pivote at 67-near the upper part of the chute isa lever having its lower arm 68 turned toward the arm 42 and provided with a light rod `69, which crosses the path of the light rod 70 on the arm 42. The upper end 71 of this lever is heavy and passes through an opening inthe Wallofthe part 63 of the chute and may extend across the passage therein. iihile the arm 42 is the position shown in solid lines iii liig. 2 the rod 70, contacting with the rod 69, holds the The gear 26- the spring 43 can pull the i n A -1 f the pic Si the over 8i. ihe

,end 7 back; but .during the rewinding of the motor is again in operative condition.

On a pin 80, secured to the fraii1e2, 1s

mounted a lever 81, having a brake-shoe82, mounted on its lower arm, adapted to Contact with the wheel 83 -on the shai't 16 ofthe speedgovernor. The 'mainrar'm oi' the lever has a. .i

.relieving-joint`84lto4 permit the iree end oi the lever to be depressed beyond :the neces` sary` distance should the.- other linechanismoverthrow. catch 85 is 'pivcted'to the lrame 2-at 86-and is adapted to engage the shoulder'87 onthe lever 81 and hold-the shoe 82 agai'nstfthe-Wheel 83.V v'-integral'with thisl` catch 85 is an arm 88, carrying ai'cd`89, that projects through a slotQ() in the ccinchute and s'adapted to be depressed by the coinv i passing down thechute. The depressionfof this rod by thecoin-'releases the governor of the spring-motor and permits the motor to run. The lever-arm 81 has a pin 91 project-- ing into'thepa'th of the arm 3 i on the sleeve 24. The operation ci this controlling mechanism is as follows: The spring-motor having finished its work, thepmQQ causes the lever 38 to release the lug 41 on the arm 42, so that pinion 33 into mesh 10. The pinarm 3l, the

with the pinion 25 and `the ge 3 ion 33 being mounted on the sleeve 24, the arm 42, and the switch whichl I completes the circuit tothe electric motor will move with the pinion 33. The arm 42,

. swinging to'thedotted position in Fig. 2, re-

leases the arm 68 of the coin-controlling lever and the heavy upper arm 7i `closes the-chute. i The arm 31hears down on the pin 91, forcing down the long arm ci the lever 8i 'to l?, thebrale tothe governor oi the .spir:ginov tor. AThe lug'87 on this arni slides down alonv' the face of the catch 85 until it the s ouider 92, when `the-'spring 93 will puli theI catch into operative position to hold down the lever 8i and brake-shoe, the rod 89 moving from the'position shown bythe solid IXO to that shownby the dotted lineaire Fig. 2.

Tliese last-named parte are then the posi'- tions shown in Fig. Lend ail the movements except that of the lever 38 have been caused by t e spring 43. The electric motor noiv drives the winding-gears, the gear 26 moving to the left, Figs. 1 and 2,- until the pui 3U strikes the lever 36 andv lifts the-pinion 33 ont i of gear.- In the-operation ci nthe machine' there is a tendency for 'the gear i() and pinion 25 to hold the pinion 33,r andthe spring be# tween the lever 36 and arm 35 will be put under some tension until the upward-pressure f on the lever 36 is suiiicient to overcome this reluctance, when the spring waithtnrowfthe pinion 33 quite clear of the gear 'Mandeln-i The 24 moves with n ion 25, T l

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swings downand swings the lever end 71 out raising this lever and releasing the governor.

'lhe spring-motor then moves its required 'number or revolutions, or until the-pin 29 on the gear 26 (which has been turning tothe right) again actuates the releasing-lever 38. 'lhere are thus three cycles or' movement: first, the throw ing in ofthe gearing to rewind and at the same time forming the circuit to the electric motor; second, throwing out the reu inding-gearing and breaking the circuit to the motor, and, third, the operation or un- -winding of' the spring-motor when a coin passes through the chute\ ItA will be noticed that the relative positions ef the pins 29 and 30 absolutely determine the number oi' revolutions of the electric and spring motors and that the tension'o' the spring 6 has no effect on the number of revolutions, also that this sp. ing is rewound the exact amount that it is .nnwound, no matter at what point of its un-A and meansadapted t'o-be actuate winding the lever 38 is actuated.

Havingnow explained my improvements, what I- claim as my invention, and desire to secure byjLetters la-tont, is v connect said electric motor and spring-motor,

spring-motor and the electricmotor alter-4 nately to control the position of said connecting-gear.

n 2. VThe combination of a spring-motor, a winding mechanism for the same comprismgA a normally disconnected .primary motor, means to connect'said primarymotor and spring-motor, a governoror the sprn -mof tor, a stop mechanism for the'same, anV controlling means to fix the-amount the springmotor is wound and unwound and also control the operation of the stop mechanism for the governor. r f f v 3.' The combination ofaspring-motor com# prising a gear having projecting pins, an electric motor Vfor rewinding the spring-motor, i

- Ihecombination'or' a spring-motor, anelectric motor for wlndlng the same, a gear .to

by theconnecting means between the electric motor and the spring-motor, and mechanism adapted to be .controlled bythe pins on said gear whereby the current to said electric motor is tween said electric motor and said springmotor is moved'into and out of operative position.

4. The combination of a spring-motor, an electric motor tor winding the same, a movable gear to connect said electric motor and spring-motor, and means adapted to be actuated alternately by the spring-motor and by lis connected to rewind and disconnected afterthe spring-motor has been rewound predetermined amounts respectively.

5. In-a spring-motor, the combination of a train of gears, one of them having projecting ins, l ii'ic motor, a ear on the shaft, a sleeve loosely mounte on said shaft and provided with an arm carryin a pinion and a switch mechanismfor said e ectric motor, and connecting mechanism between the pins on the gear and the sleeve whereby the pinion may be moved to connect and disconnect the gear on the motor-shaft with the train of ears of Y the sprng-motor-,and the switch mec amsm is caused to make lelectric motor. Y 6. The combinationfo a `spring-motor, a primary motor for winding the same, means to connect the primary motor and the springmotor, means to disconnect said motors and 'mechanism under the control ofthe springmotor to cause` its connection to theprlmary motor.

and break the circuit to the primary motor for winding the same, means "to conneetfthersaid motors, and Ameans vto disconnect saidl motors, said disconnecting means controlled by the winding mechanism of the spring-motor" Y f In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of t-wo subscribwitnesses. v

d Y ADOLPH A. CAILLE.

. Witnesses: i

\ A. An'rmm CAILLE, VEDGAR lELLIOTT.

controlled and whereby the connection bethe electricmotor whereby the. electric motor a'shait operative connected to an elec- 90 7 The combination of a spring-motor, a 

